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Arctic Monkeys — 505
Album: Favourite Worst Nightmare
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Released: 2007
Length: 4:08
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I'm going back to 505
If it's a 7-hour flight or a 45-minute drive
In my imagination, you're waiting, lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs

Stop and wait a sec
Oh, when you look at me like that, my darling, what did you expect?
I'd probably still adore you with your hands around my neck
Or I did last time I checked

Not shy of a spark
A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark
Frightened by the bite, no, it's no harsher than the bark
The middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start

I'm going back to 505
If it's a 7-hour flight or a 45-minute drive
In my imagination, you're waiting, lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs

But I crumble completely when you cry
It seems like once again you've had to greet me with goodbye
I'm always just about to go and spoil the surprise
Take my hands off of your eyes too soon

Well, I'm going back to 505
If it's a 7-hour flight or a 45-minute drive
In my imagination, you're waiting, lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs and a smile
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Alex.. 
Posted 1 month ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Love this song live here in Vancouver when they backed up Black Keys back in 2013. Sensational version!!
Posted 5 months ago by pburrow328    [ Reply ]
Immediately makes me think of my 18 year old daughter who will sell her Dad to see them live. Probably won't cover it unfortunately 
Posted 6 months ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
thought it was Franz Ferdinand 
Posted 7 months ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 Silvervanman wrote:

I'm not a fan but this isn't bad. Most of their stuff just sounds the same. I live in Sheff and the amount of people who just copy their style, it gets a bit overkill




Don't listen to the copycats!
Posted 8 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Hey, hey, it's The Monkeys!



This band is much cooler than The Monkeys..... thus the "Arctic."  
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
N-R-G pill
Posted 1 year ago by quiliagradatot    [ Reply ]
I really like the Arctic Monkeys! Great band, and they always seem to have a great groove.
Posted 2 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
This song jams.  Must be turned up to 11 for full enjoyment. 
Posted 3 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

BillG must think, like I do, of New Mexico, cuz of the 505 area code....next up is Shawn Mullins' 'Santa Fe' - not sure if the 505 in this song is about NM or an apartment number.....still...that's what I think of so the segue is great (as per usual!) 
Long Live RP!!


it’s a hotel room
Posted 3 years ago by rpopescu    [ Reply ]
Hey, hey, it's The Monkeys!
Posted 3 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
I just keep ending up at 404.
Posted 3 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
I wonder if they used an 808 on this song
Posted 3 years ago by Gromit_42    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite album by them but always nice to hear bands you like .
Posted 3 years ago by ratbbb2    [ Reply ]
Funny how their music slowed down over the years! It's still good though, just different :) 
Posted 4 years ago by Mannick    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Nadine wrote:
Love this song. Was addicted to it twelve years ago. How successful these guys got! Impressive.
 

Wait, twelve years ago?  That can't be right, these guys are still just young punks.

I also love this song.
Posted 4 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Love this song. Was addicted to it twelve years ago. How successful these guys got! Impressive.
Posted 4 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
I'm not a fan but this isn't bad. Most of their stuff just sounds the same. I live in Sheff and the amount of people who just copy their style, it gets a bit overkill
Posted 4 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
What he said
Don't like an accent?
Get out much?
I'm expressive, perhaps too much so.
But if I were fluent in sign language, I'd go out of my way to give them all those details they never see (HEAR) as we do. Interpreters give them what they need without elaborating on the restovit. I'd try to include the little details.

 Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
jone_ston wrote:
I just can't get past the singer's horrible accent. I have nothing against that sort of accent in general, but when sung it really grates on me for some reason.
I need you to understand what an assinine comment this is. And if you are judging a song on this basis? WTF? I'm sure your accent grates on most of the population of Australia and China. Mine as well. Especially if I sang something.
 

Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
Annoying crap.
Posted 4 years ago by trevc    [ Reply ]
I love this song,
Posted 4 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
 Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
jone_ston wrote:
I just can't get past the singer's horrible accent. I have nothing against that sort of accent in general, but when sung it really grates on me for some reason.
I need you to understand what an assinine comment this is. And if you are judging a song on this basis? WTF? I'm sure your accent grates on most of the population of Australia and China. Mine as well. Especially if I sang something.
 
Well that's not very fair. I really enjoy British accents (as long as they aren't so heavy as to require subtitles!) 

But it seems to me no more or less asinine for someone to really enjoy an accent as opposed to being put off by one. So, would I have been out of line if I had said I liked the singer's accent?

*shrug*
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
I love this song.
Posted 5 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
BillG must think, like I do, of New Mexico, cuz of the 505 area code....next up is Shawn Mullins' 'Santa Fe' - not sure if the 505 in this song is about NM or an apartment number.....still...that's what I think of so the segue is great (as per usual!) 
Long Live RP!!
 
Oh hey... I live in Albuquerque! And 505 makes me think of the area code here too!
Posted 5 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
BillG must think, like I do, of New Mexico, cuz of the 505 area code....next up is Shawn Mullins' 'Santa Fe' - not sure if the 505 in this song is about NM or an apartment number.....still...that's what I think of so the segue is great (as per usual!) 
Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
like this flow
Posted 5 years ago by chakradance    [ Reply ]
i think it fits the ticket and then some. 8
Posted 5 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
I just can't get into their music too much - heard them live on Sirius at ACL (I think) and it was pretty dreadful.  But I really like this song.
Posted 6 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Better every time I hear this. 9->10.  I'd love to see them live, but alas they probably won't play a show in Alaska anytime soon.  Probably have to wait another 30 years till they come play the state fair because they are washed up, like all the old bands do when they don't know how to call it quits.  This year we had Goo Goo Dolls, Three Dog Night, Stone Sour.
Posted 6 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Cold Apes!
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Really like this.
Posted 6 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Fantastic gig last night in Lyon. So rock'n roll. Definitely worth listening to live.
Posted 6 years ago by FrnaZ    [ Reply ]
Incredible band, incredible song!
Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 The_Walrus wrote:
One of the world's best bands for a number of years now. Fabulous lyricist, and like Fred (below) I love that they retain and sing in their Sheffield accents (though I admit to bias on that score!)
 
100% agree.  I didn't appreciate them until I found RP, though.  They never miss the mark in the Bristol office.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Good Heavens, this song REALLY ROCKS, RIGHT ABOUT — HERE!  Still one of the most exciting builds & breakouts ever set down!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Agree. Love em.
Posted 8 years ago by Kassbomb    [ Reply ]
it seems that everytime i hear something good/interesting on RP and i check to see who it is i see they are playing another Arctic Monkeys song
 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

? {#Stupid} I listened to a lot of music in the 80s, popular and alternative, and the Arctic Monkeys wouldn't fit into any 'genre' from that period. There are influences from 80s (and current) bands (The Fall comes to mind) but that could be said about many modern bands. AM are very much of our modern times, IMO. I love the way that they're unapologetically South Yorkshire Tykes, and sing about life in Sheffield, 'appen, in proper Sheffield accents, without morphing into some kind of mid-Atlantic genericity (is that a word) that so many other Brit bands have done.



 
Nice to hear genuine accents.  We are not Americans, so why pretend that we are?  Richard Ashcroft, are you listening?  Thought not.
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
One of the world's best bands for a number of years now. Fabulous lyricist, and like Fred (below) I love that they retain and sing in their Sheffield accents (though I admit to bias on that score!)

Posted 10 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
wow .. that was awesome.  First time I've heard this.  Quite like it  {#Cheers}
Posted 10 years ago by pontfarrer    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers} ....... enjoying this, really good
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
For me, sometimes it CAN'T get any better than when they stop everything and he SCREAMS, just like the angst I know in my heart...
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
First listen - wow!
Posted 13 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
This song just keeps getting better after every listen.  The driving beat and instrumentation + lyrical imagery + passionate vocals = great fuckin' song.
Posted 13 years ago by adroc    [ Reply ]
Love it .. {#Motor}
Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
I like it too  EssexTex wrote:
Great band..freshest sound for a long time
 


Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Really not bad!!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
a good day!
Posted 14 years ago by MannAudioltd    [ Reply ]
Pr33ty solid! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
We will certainly here lots from the Monkeys the next years!
CERTAINLY!!!

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
yes! a good monkey's song.
Posted 14 years ago by rumblekg    [ Reply ]
Plain Rocks
Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Sometimes a song succeeds by virtue of a great driving beat and really good instrumentals. In this case it would make the grade without any lyrics.
Posted 14 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Don't care what some of you muso-snobs say - this is a great track.  So there
 
        {#Dancingbanana_2}  {#Roflol}  {#Music} 

Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
Such a harsh, unpleasant sound.
 
WOW! That's a harsh critique from someone who rates the harsh unpleasant sounds of Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited as GODLIKE, I can't get through 4 bars of that piece, this is wonderful.

Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
so many teenage feelings 'round there. like it

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
i just don't 'get' this band. seem highly overrated to me. different league to Franz Ferdinand, for example
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
 MusicRookie wrote:
Sort of reminds me of one of the bands that you would hear while watching "The Young Ones" Here is a link that has all the songs and bands that I am talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_(TV_series) Sort of an 80's British band sound.....
 
Agreed.  I know exactly what you are talking about - it gives me the same vibe.
Posted 15 years ago by bhallmark    [ Reply ]
"i'd prolly still adore you with your hands around my neck, or i did last time i checked"

yikes!  diving head first into destructive relationships seem to be a theme with this band... but the instrumentation is always top notch. :)
Posted 15 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 MusicRookie wrote:
Sort of reminds me of one of the bands that you would hear while watching "The Young Ones" Here is a link that has all the songs and bands that I am talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_(TV_series) Sort of an 80's British band sound.....
 
? {#Stupid} I listened to a lot of music in the 80s, popular and alternative, and the Arctic Monkeys wouldn't fit into any 'genre' from that period. There are influences from 80s (and current) bands (The Fall comes to mind) but that could be said about many modern bands. AM are very much of our modern times, IMO. I love the way that they're unapologetically South Yorkshire Tykes, and sing about life in Sheffield, 'appen, in proper Sheffield accents, without morphing into some kind of mid-Atlantic genericity (is that a word) that so many other Brit bands have done.


Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Not heard this for a while!

Reminds me of last summer....!

Great lyrics! 
 
I love Alex Turner's vocal - and lyrics. Did you hear the Last Shadow Puppets album he did? Really good

Posted 15 years ago by SparkyMarky    [ Reply ]
 d00kie wrote:
7 => 8!
 
ditto

Posted 15 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Not heard this for a while!

Reminds me of last summer....!

Great lyrics! 
Posted 15 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
8  {#Arrow}  9

Posted 15 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
"With your 'ans between your thighs," Love it. Summer 2008


Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
 Nadine wrote:
cool!

didn't know rp airplays this song!

  More like "iPlays." {#Angel}


Posted 15 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
just one word: awesome!
Posted 15 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
cool!

didn't know rp airplays this song!

Posted 16 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
BRMC then AM? perfect for tonite...thank you~
Posted 16 years ago by ALive    [ Reply ]
I likey
Posted 16 years ago by laroue    [ Reply ]
great song!!!
Posted 16 years ago by gloriajanell    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:

Same for me upped it to 8

 
Ditto!

Posted 16 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
d00kie wrote:
7 => 8!


Same for me upped it to 8

Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
7 => 8!
Posted 16 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
Don't care what some of you muso-snobs say - this is a great track.  So there
Posted 16 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
Sort of reminds me of one of the bands that you would hear while watching "The Young Ones" Here is a link that has all the songs and bands that I am talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_(TV_series) Sort of an 80's British band sound.....
Posted 16 years ago by MusicRookie    [ Reply ]
nice power pop
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
A song about his gal waiting in room 505 with "her hands between her thighs" and he'll do anything he can to get back to the hotel room... that's hot. Fantastic song with great lyrics.
Posted 16 years ago by ltbluesoda    [ Reply ]
Such a harsh, unpleasant sound.
Posted 16 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
jools wrote:
Great - hasn't been played for a while!!!
there's a good reason for not playing this.....it sucks! ;-)
Posted 16 years ago by Martino    [ Reply ]
Great - hasn't been played for a while!!!
Posted 16 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
EssexTex wrote:
Great band..freshest sound for a long time
Ditto!
Posted 16 years ago by Boston_Ed    [ Reply ]
Great band..freshest sound for a long time
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
I need you to understand what an assinine comment this is. And if you are judging a song on this basis? WTF? I'm sure your accent grates on most of the population of Australia and China. Mine as well. Especially if I sang something.
If your accent grates on them, especially if you sang something, they probably wold not want to listen to you sing. Just a guess.
Posted 16 years ago by cactusmatador    [ Reply ]
Me too ! DoctorHooey wrote:
I just added this album to my "must buy" list.
Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
I just added this album to my "must buy" list.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
jone_ston wrote:
I just can't get past the singer's horrible accent. I have nothing against that sort of accent in general, but when sung it really grates on me for some reason.
I need you to understand what an assinine comment this is. And if you are judging a song on this basis? WTF? I'm sure your accent grates on most of the population of Australia and China. Mine as well. Especially if I sang something.
Posted 16 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
I like their more mature sound.
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Can we please take this song out of rotation? I could stand to hear it once a month, tops.
Posted 16 years ago by RussNelson    [ Reply ]
damn monkeys!
Posted 16 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Awesome tune. The best selection from this album.
Posted 16 years ago by adroc    [ Reply ]
I just can't get past the singer's horrible accent. I have nothing against that sort of accent in general, but when sung it really grates on me for some reason.
Posted 16 years ago by jone_ston    [ Reply ]
Diggable Segue from Iron&Wine =)
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Not your fathers Monkeys!!
Posted 17 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
These Monkeys do a fine job at music !!
Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
I really really want to like this album. . .but I'm finding myself rating most of what I hear no higher than a 6. Including this one. If those were all 7s, I'd totally buy it. . .but 6. . .eh. Just not quite there.
Posted 17 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
cheeky monkeys!!!
Posted 17 years ago by robadr    [ Reply ]
crockydile wrote:
Four Artic Monkeys banging on instruments will not eventually reproduce the works of Yes.
Neither will five members of Yes, for that matter.
Posted 17 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
crockydile wrote:
Four Artic Monkeys banging on instruments will not eventually reproduce the works of Yes.
My first thought, after I stopped laughing, was "And thank God for it!"
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Four Artic Monkeys banging on instruments will not eventually reproduce the works of Yes.
Posted 17 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
The next giants of music - just love this band. Saw them recently at Paleo festival - outstanding, great presence for such a young band. Onward and upward you little monkeys!
Posted 17 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
An old navy friend of mine told me of an acronym EMHO, but it won't apply to our friend EMO, IMO
Posted 17 years ago by YA_MAN    [ Reply ]
cmrump wrote:
What is the 505 anyway?
"penned on a late-night train journey alone from Philadelphia to New York to rendezvous with his then-girlfriend in the hotel room of the title"
Posted 17 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
What is the 505 anyway?
Posted 17 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
cool. in a very nerdy way.
Posted 17 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Repetitive... not particularly good. It just alternates between 2 chords incessantly.
Posted 17 years ago by Dude    [ Reply ]
Lots of nice things happening on this track! Nice pic of D & I, Bokey!
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
It's growing on me....
Posted 17 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Cruithne3753 wrote:
The wieeeerdest thing happened to me the other daaaaay....
OK so the consensus is Emo Phillips (click here) was a punk rocker?
Posted 17 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
You mean EMO, right?
?
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
You mean EMO, right?
Crazy kids!
Posted 17 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
"penned on a late-night train journey alone from Philadelphia to New York to rendezvous with his then-girlfriend in the hotel room of the title"
Posted 17 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Duffalo wrote:
Unobjectionable, IMO.
You mean EMO, right?
Posted 17 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
mcoderre wrote:
sick and tired of everyone qualifying everything as EMO. Read up on your definitions people!
The intertubes have generated a new definition of "emo", capturing things like "whines in their blog about how much their life sucks", "wears black", and "cuts self". Most of the places I see it used in that sense it's met dismissively. Not sure how this sense applies to music, where it is distinct from the genre known as emo. Compare Emo (music) to Emo (slang) on Wikipedia. Obviously, it gets confusing when people apply the latter to the former.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
mcoderre wrote:
sick and tired of everyone qualifying everything as EMO. Read up on your definitions people!
Go it.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
sick and tired of everyone qualifying everything as EMO. Read up on your definitions people!
Posted 17 years ago by mcoderre    [ Reply ]